Did the Soviet Union's old floating dry dock limit the size of ships it could support?
Short answerIt was one important constraint, but not the only factor limiting Soviet ship size.
NotesLarge-warship construction and maintenance depend on suitable docks as well as ship designs. The elderly floating dock restricted which hulls could be built, serviced, or repaired. It was one constraint within a wider Soviet and Russian infrastructure problem. Capital-ship size cannot be explained through a single facility.